Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-12-03

ley. The depth is to be 1900 feet, unless
the find is secured at less depth. MI
Nickel is to begin the work by January
Is next. The funds for the prosecution
of this work have been raised by selling
tickets for drawing, each draw taking
one or more lots as the case may be. This
it strikes MS, is splendid method of rais-
| ing money for public improvements.
! Change in the Seat OF War.
Down in Rush county, different men are
charged with grave misdeeds in election
matters. Judge Osborn informed us tina,
a change of venue had been taken il
these cases, and that they will come up
for hearing at the January, 1883, term Of
the Trego county district court.
-OnWe dnesday G. J. Ferris went to the
south part of the county to do job OF
surveying.
w. 8. McGinnis stayed in G. L.
Vaughan's Office while the latter was up in
Graham county.
Mondays west bound passenger
train, due at 1907 A. NJ, did not arrive
until about 8 o'clock P. M.
"A daughter of Mr.. Eaks, of the IRE
COLA neighborhood, has been suffering
seriously with congestion of a lung.
|
H. W. Cook has accepted position
as clerk in Verbeck's store. He is pleas
ant. gentleman, and takes hold of his work
intelligently.
Mr.. Heilig, of Emporia, Kansas, is
here, visiting our Messrs. Heiig, who are
his brothers. Mr.. Heilig is amanuensis
to Senator Plumb.
| Judge Osborn. after being in town,
from Rush county, couple of days, went
to Ness City yesterday, where he is to
hear case to-day.
The singing class, led by Prof. Dun
ham, gave concert at the NJ. E. church
Tuesday evening. Those who were pres
ent pronounce it decided success.
Lawyer Nelson has, this week, receiv-
ed twenty-one volumes of Kansas Reports.
These, with what he had before, give him
the full line of these useful works as far
as they have been issued.
DR.. Farmer informs us that on Tues
day the wife of Bohemian, living half a
mile south of Colona Station, died. The
call for medical attendance was not made
soon enough. The family have been out
here only short time.
Cleo. Barrett has moved his carpenter
shop from west of the Opera House to
location Immediately north of the north
line of the county park fence. This move
is made in order to have his workshop
convenient to the court house, which he is
to build.
g. w. F. Street arrived home on
Thursday of last week, looking like he
had enjoyed his trip to Illinois. He ar
ranged at Rock Island, ILL.,, for $1,000
worth of hardware, with which he is
about to open store at this place. He
will occupy the Aldrin building.
The same old cry is going up from
western Kansas towns abou tthe inadequa-
cy of the coal supply: At Wa-Keeney
wagons stand in rows waiting for chance
at each car as it arrives.-[ Hays Sentinel,
No0. IS. This is but weird dream.
Our people were "heeled' on the coal item,
and the coal merchants, at the time named
by the Sentinel, were around on collec-
ton feast.
Friday night of last week regula-
ton blizzard swooped down upon this
country from the North. The storm con-
tinued through Saturday. Altogether,
four or five inches of snow fell. Sunday
morning thermometers in town showed
the mercury at from IL to 81 below
zero. Sunday forenoon was the coolest
period we have ever seen in Trego county
in November.
-Waterworks owners have had their
full share of trouble on account of the
cold spell. We are confident that the
time is in dawn when these freeze-outs
will be successfully guarded against. I'm
til then, the moderate and warm weather
of the year, pitted against the shortness Of
the hard-freezing period, must constitute
the solace of the worried mortals.
-Messrs. Mead and Thompson, from
Pennsylvania, have been in town this
week. They are talking of opening a
barber shop in this place. G. F. Nc
Knight, in December, 1884, sold to MI.
Mead the Eppich place, northwest of Wa
Keeney. This was the first piece of land
which Mcknight ever sold in Trego
county. Mr.. Mead yet owns it, and thinks
good deal of it.